358 Pa. Super. 105 - Commonwealth v. Purnell’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
June 1993
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Mitchell · Commonwealth v. Hude · Commonwealth v. Millhouse · 317 Pa. Super. 412 - Commonwealth v. Colon · 305 Pa. Super. 340 - Commonwealth v. Wroten
Most-quoted passages
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“The officer assaulted by Purnell had not been present when Purnell was initially arrested but had been called to the scene after the arrest had been made for the purpose of transporting Purnell ... to the stationhouse. Also, the officers who had effected Purnell’s arrest were not present at the stationhouse when the alleged assault occurred. Thus, the acts resulting in separate prosecutions had occurred at different locations, before different witnesses, and involved different victims. The factual issues are, therefore, separate and distinct, as are the legal issues. We conclude that under these circumstances the charge of disorderly conduct, to which Purnell entered a plea of guilty on February 23, 1983, was not part of the same criminal episode as the conduct resulting in charges of aggravated assault at the police station.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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